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PATENTED FEB. 25, 1868.

P. A; WHITNEY. "DRILL AND GOUNTERSINK.

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Letters Patent No. 74,870,,datedFebruary 25, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: I

Be it known that I, P. A. WHITIisY, of Woodstock, in the county of Windsor, and State of Vermont, have invented a. new and improved Drill and'Conntersink and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, I

and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference .being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

'This invention relates to a new and improved method of constructing drills and countersinks,'whereby they are combined in the same tool, are more simple in their construction, and more. certain in theiroperation.

It consists in the countersink being in two parts, with the drill between the same keyed in such way insplines in the chuck as thatthe same areadjustable, the chuck being screwed into the lathe-socket, so that the twosegments of the same are forced firmly together, thereby holding the drill and countersink firmly in'the chuck).

Itcon'sists also in one of the splines in the same segment of the chuck being deeper-than the other, and deeper also than the opposite spline in the other segment ofthe chuck, whereby the cutting edge of countersink is brought into the proper position for cutting acountersink. In the accompanying plate of drawings- Figure 1 is a side view of my invention, part-of the socket being brokenaway to show the construction.

Figure-2 is one segment ofthechuck. Q

Figure 3is the same, showing the countersink and drillin position.

Figure 4 is an end view of one segment of the chuck.

Figure 5 is the same, with the drill and countersink in position.

Figure 6 is an end view of my invention. V

Figure 7 is across-section of the same, taken in the line we, fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is onesegment of the chuck; B is the other segment of the same; 0 is the socket; a is a spline in segment A; a is a deeper spline in the same; -e'is the-countersink ,D is the drill; b is the'key or wedge. The'socket G is made in the ordinary way, and is fitted into the live spin-die of the lathe, and is provided on the inside, at

the outer end, with a screw-thread to receive the-chuck. The ,chuck is composed of the two segments A and B, v

as shown in the drawing, having a tapering shank on which is a screw-thread, asshown in the drawing, so. as to:

V fit the screw-thread in the inside of the socket G, by means of which the t wosegments ofthe chuck are forced firmly together, so as to hold the drill and countersink firmly in their places between the same. The chuck isformed upon the outside, near to the scr'ew'on the same, into a head havingfou r or moresides to receive the wrench, by means of which the same is turned in the socket O. The.chuck is turned down to apoint at the outer end, as shown, and a portion of one side of eagh of the segments A and B is cut away on oneside, as

. shown, so-as to allow an escape .for the chip made by the cutting of the countersink. On the insideor plane side of each of the segments A and B, are cut in a. longitudinal direction, the entire length of the same, two splines or channels a and at, being of equal width, but one spline being deeper than the other, so as that, when placed together, the deeper spline in one segment, A,will correspond with the shallower spline on the other segment, B. The countersink e is made of steel in the two parts, of about the same length asthe segments A and B areeach of about one-sixteenthof an-ineh in thickness, or anyother 'isuitahle thickness, so asto be a'little thicker than the depth of a spline in one segment, A, and the opposite spline in the other. segment, B, so as that, when, the segments A and B are forced, together, the countersink e will-be held firmly between. The countersink is formed tapering nearly to a point on the outside of the chuck, and each part of the same being brought to an edge in a direction opposite to theedge of the other, Between the two. parts of the countersink e is a. square steel rod, of which the drill is formed. The spline a is wider at the front end, to receive the key 6. The key 6 is made of steel in the form of a wedge, the object of the same being to force the parts of the countersink a and the drill D firmly together. The drill D is of theordinary form, and may be 'ofiany. required size.- The operation is readily seen from the drawings-and the foregoing description.

Constructed as above described, itconstitutesaconvenient tool for the drilling" and countersinking of holes, the advantage of which is, that the drill'and countersink are easily adjusted to holes of any depth and to each other.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An adjustable tool for the drilling and counter-sinking holes, composed of the countersink e in two parts, and a. drill; D, between the same, adjusted by a key or its equivalent, held between the segments A and Hot my 1 chuck, by being sbrewedinto a socket, O, substantially as shown and described, emd for the purposes set forth. 2. A chuck formed in segments, having twossplino s or channels, a and a, of difi'erent depths, incoinbinutipn witj eny countersink, e, and drill D,'substa,ntinlly as shown and described, nnd'for'the purposes set forth.

s I P. A. WHITNEY.

Witnesses WM. J. Boyce, FRED. P. Mmsn. 

